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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1961

159 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 8

Motor Vehicle Registrations Down

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1961 · page 2

New motor vehicle registrations fell in all Australian States last month, after reaching the highest, level…

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Motorists Fined A Total Of £42

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1961 · page 4

Seven motorists who were charges before Mr. A. Fordyce, S.M., at Wednesday’s Queanbeyan Court of Petty sessions, were fined a total of £34, with £8 costs for traffic breaches…

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Handrails For Gidleigh Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1961 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will ask the management of Gidleigh Station to repair the handrails on the…

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Train Hits Car Near Colinton

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1961 · page 1

Two South Australian women had a miraculous escape from serious injury on Saturday, when the car…

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Deviation on Flat Road Planned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1961 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will put before the Department of Main Roads, a suggestion for a deviation on the Captain’s Flat Road, about three miles east of Queanbeyan. The proposal is to follow…

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Strong Criticism Of Gravel Put On “Flat” Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1961 · page 6

Strong criticism of the size of the gravel put out on the Captain’s Flat road recently was made at last week’s special meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire…

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Captain’s Flat News and Notes Jerangle Road A Priority Job Next Year

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1961 · page 6

Reconstruction of the two miles of the Jerangle Road within the Yarrowlumla Shire Council will be number one priority on the 1962-63 Commonwealth…

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Motor Cycle In Flames

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1961 · page 6

A motor cycle was Badly damaged by fire yesterday, at Captain’s Flat, when it burst into flames…

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Broadside On Motor Cycle Brings £7 Fine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1961 · page 6

A Series of broadsides on a motor cycle in Crawford Street, at 9.40 p.m. on a September, night last year…

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Invitation To Meeting Of Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 May 1961 · page 1

The President of the Queanbeyan Branch of the Road safety Council of New South Wales (Mr. W…

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Coast Road To Deviate At Brook’s Hill

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1961 · page 1

Work is proceeding on a deviation on the “road to the coast” at Brooks’ Hill to eliminate the present sequence of curves and poor visibility…

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Goods Train Derailment Yesterday

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1961 · page 1

A goods train was derailed early yesterday morning at Deep Creek, between Bungendore and…

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Signs Required In Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1961 · page 4

Concern voiced at Friday night’s Road Safety Council meeting regarding the number of vehicles parking…

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Road Safety President Appeals For Support

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1961 · page 4

In his report presented to last Friday night’s Road Safety Council annual meeting, the president , Mr. W. Green, said eleven meetings were held an average attendance of 12 members…

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Mr. Green Re-elected Road Safety President

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1961 · page 1

Mr. W. Green was re-elected President of the Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. last Friday night for his fourth term…

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Shire Agrees To Road Proposal “Under Protest”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1961 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has agreed “under protest,” to the reconstruction and sealing of the “road to the coast,” near Bungendore on the present alignment. This small section of the…

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Car Overturns On Cooma Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 June 1961 · page 1

A car driven by a Canberra resident, overturned on the Cooma Road at about 8.45 p.m. on Monday,…

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Shire President Closes Discussion On Flat Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 June 1961 · page 6

At last week’s meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, the president. Cr. P. J. B. Osborne, closed any further discussion on the much criticised gravelling of the Captain’s Flat Road near Foxlow…

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Tenders Called For Nelligen Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 1

The bottleneck on the Canberra-Coast Road may be overcome in the not-too-distant future with the…

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Meeting on Proposal to Widen the Tharwa Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 June 1961 · page 1

Officers of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council will meet the Divisional Engineer for the Department of Main Roods next Tuesday…

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